The NSW Free Flight Society Inc.
The New South Wales Free Flight Society Inc (NSWFFS) is the state body for free flight in NSW.
The society has approximately 250 members.
The Club's flying field is located at Richmond on turf farms off Bensons Lane.
You can usually find members flying their models on most Friday & Sunday mornings.
Guests are welcome to fly at the field.

The NSW Free Flight Society Inc.

The New South Wales Free Flight Society Inc (NSWFFS) is the state body for free flight in NSW The society has approximately 250 members.
The Club's flying field is located at Richmond on turf farms off Bensons Lane.
You can usually find members flying their models on most Friday & Sunday mornings.
Guests are welcome to fly at the field.

2017 Contest & Fixture Calendar

if you want a copy of the calendar you can hang on the wall.

Date

Event

Venue

Time

Contest Director

Note 1

All scrambles start as close to 8:00am as possible.

Note 2

Sport FF, CL & RC Flying welcome on AB Field at West Wyalong. Plenty of room

Note 3

BYO food. drink & chair to ALL BBQs at Richmond

Aug 20

Scale Rally, P30, Combined Vintage

Richmond

7.00am – 1.00pm

Tahn Stowe

Aug 26-27

Cowra Oily Hand Weekend

Cowra

Sep 10

½ Hour Scramble + Fun Fly, BBQ Lunch

Richmond BYO food

Sep 15

Annual General Meeting

Check newsletter for location.

7.30pm

Sep 24

G,H & J State Champs

Hinton

7.00am – 1.00pm

Matt Hannaford

Oct 8

Combined % Multiple Entries

Hinton

7.00am – 1.00pm

Gary Goodwin

Oct 21-22

Wings over West Wyalong All disciplines FUN FLY

W Wyalong AB Field

7.00am- till dark

Plenty of Room for ALL

Nov 12

Brian Alcock Biplane Day 1/2 Hour Scramble + Scale Rally

Richmond

7.00am – 1.00pm

Gary Pope

Nov 17

General Meeting

Check newsletter for location.

7.30pm

Nov 26

Brian Alcock Biplane Day

Richmond

7.00am – 1.00pm

Gary Pope

Dec 1

Friday Xmas Party

Richmond

7.00am – 1.00pm

Dec 10

½ Hour Scramble, Combined Vintage with SAMS & Fun Fly

Richmond BBQ Xmas Lunch BYO food

7.00am – 1.00pm

Terry Bond

Note 1

All scrambles start as close to 8:00am as possible.

Note 2

Sport FF, CL & RC Flying welcome on AB Field at West Wyalong. Plenty of room

Note 3

BYO food. drink & chair to ALL BBQs at Richmond

The Combined % Contest that was scheduled for 24th September at Richmond has been changed to State Champs for G,H & J at Hinton.

NSWFFS Flying Field

Notes & Rules

Most Fridays (weather
permitting) from 6am until around 11am there are flyers trimming and flying at
the field. If you're bored, retired or unemployed, feel free to come on out,
have a look and a chat. Remember to bring your camera, a hat and sunscreen!

Mentor Days

In another attempt to improve participation
we ask that those that do come out and fly invite, encourage or otherwise drag
someone else along on these days to join in. Such some ones could be a lapsed
modeller, a tyro, the kid next door or that person who expressed an interest in
what you do. The catch is that you have to provide a model that you are
willing to let them fly. Who knows we could get some former free flighters back flying or some new blood, either way we all
win. This idea of course holds true for all our flying days however we have
designated a few throughout the year as reminders.

Combined Mini Vintage including Keil Kraft CSA

Models are to meet current rules for Free Flight Vintage, with the following over-riding limits.

Precision Power is an event for any model with motors up to 1.5cc (.09ci). Lowest score wins. Model should be semi scale sports type (cabin, cockpit, u/c), Cardinal, Tomboy - No fuel timers or cut outs - no D/T to terminate flight for score i.e. D/T flight discounted.

C/D nominates the target time on the day of competition.

Scramble is for any model with motor sizes up to 1.9cc (.11ci). Events are flown for either half an hour or a full hour. In a 1hour scramble you are allowed to have a helper who can retrieve the model for you. The idea of a scramble is to get as much time in the air as possible. Any flights under 15 seconds are not counted and on any flights over 2 minutes only 120 seconds are counted. At the end of the 30 or 60 minutes all watches are stopped regardless of where the model is. Flight times are totalled and the winner is the flyer with the highest score.

Campbell Scramble

Rules are exactly the same as ordinary scramble except there is No Running & No Runners permitted.

The total flight time is recorded and becomes the score for the round.

Scaling up or down is allowed but the original outline, wing section and construction system to be preserved. (i.e.): The use of carbon fibre, fibreglass or foam in the construction is not allowed unless the original design used such materials.

The number of rounds to be decided by the Contest Director.

Models may be hand launched.

Entry fee for events at Richmond will be $2.00 per event. State Championship events at Richmond are $5.00.

All models must be flown from the designated line or area as directed by the Contest Director.